Dan Jubber of Play It Again Sports

"My dad was head of fish and game for Lane County," says
Eugene native Dan Jubber. "I grew up fishing and hunting."
Jubber competed in team sports with the Eugene Boys Athletic
Association (now called Kidsports), and played in a state
championship soccer game for Churchill, in an era when
soccer was a club sport. "I was small, so I had to be
agressive," he notes. He learned business skills in five
years as a supply sergeant at the Presidio of San Francisco.
"I worked with contractors and budgets," he says. "I did
well and received awards." After the military, Jubber spent
seven years with Bally Fitness in Seattle, eventually as
manager of its largest facility. "I got burned out on
14-hour days," he says. "I moved back to Eugene in 2000." In
2004, he was hired as manager of Play It Again Sports. "I
enjoy sales," he says. "I just like people. it's all about
establishing a relationship with the customer." For each of
the past three years, the Eugene franchise has won a Most
Valuable Performer award at the PIA winter conference, an
honor granted to no more than 20 of 500 franchises
nationwide.